# 瑤

| 瑤 | U+7464, &#29796; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7464 |
| ← 瑣 [U+7463] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 瑥 → [U+7465] |

## Translingual
### Han character

瑤 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 一土月人山 (MGBOU), four-corner 1717$_2$, composition ⿰𤣩⿱𱼀缶 or ⿰𤣩䍃)

#### Derived characters

* 𤁓

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 739, character 1
* Dae Jaweon: page 1149, character 8
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 2, page 1132, character 3
* Unihan data for U+7464

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 搖 | *lews, *lew |
| 遙 | *lew |
| 瑤 | *lew |
| 徭 | *lew |
| 鰩 | *lew |
| 媱 | *lew |
| 傜 | *lew |
| 颻 | *lew |
| 窰 | *luː |
| 愮 | *lew |
| 鷂 | *lew, *lews |
| 榣 | *lew |
| 嗂 | *lew |
| 猺 | *lew |
| 謠 | *lew |
| 鎐 | *ʔsloːwɢ |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yáo (yao$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): yèu
    (Hailu, HRS): rhau
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ieo$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): iâu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): iao$^5$ / iou$^5$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^6$yau / $^2$yau
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yáo
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yáo
*** Wade–Giles: yao$^2$
*** Yale: yáu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yau
*** Palladius: яо (jao)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɑʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jiu$^4$
*** Yale: yìuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jiu$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yiu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiːu̯²¹/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yèu
*** Hakka Romanization System: ieu$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yeu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /i̯eu̯¹¹/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yèu
*** Hakka Romanization System: (r)ieu$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yeu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯eu̯¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: rhau
*** Sinological IPA: /ʒau⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ieo$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ieu¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iâu
*** Tâi-lô: iâu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: iaau
*** IPA (Xiamen): /iau²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /iau²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /iau¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /iau²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /iau²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: iao$^5$ / iou$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iâu / iôu
*** Sinological IPA : /iau⁵⁵/, /iou⁵⁵/
* iao5 - Shantou;
* iou5 - Chaozhou.
* Middle Chinese: yew
Rime :
| Character | 瑤 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 以 (36) |
| Final (韻) | 宵 (91) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 餘昭切 |
| Baxter | yew |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /jiᴇu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /jiɛu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /jæu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /jiaw/ |
| Li Rong | /iɛu/ |
| Wang Li | /jĭɛu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /i̯ɛu/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yáo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jiu$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*lew/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 瑤 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 14706 |
| Phonetic component | 謠 |
| Rime group | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 遙 |
| Old Chinese | /*lew/ |

### Definitions

瑤
* (literary) precious jade
* (literary) fine; precious
* (～族) Yao people
    alt. forms: 傜 (yáo), 猺 (yáo), 徭 (yáo)

#### Compounds

* 江瑤 / 江瑶
* 江瑤柱 / 江瑶柱 (jiāngyáozhù)
* 琪花瑤草 / 琪花瑶草
* 瑛瑤 / 瑛瑶
* 瑤光 / 瑶光
* 瑤函 / 瑶函
* 瑤圃 / 瑶圃
* 瑤姬 / 瑶姬
* 瑤族 / 瑶族 (Yáozú)
* 瑤林瓊樹 / 瑶林琼树
* 瑤池 / 瑶池 (Yáochí)
* 瑤池玉液 / 瑶池玉液
* 瑤池金母 / 瑶池金母
* 瑤池閬苑 / 瑶池阆苑
* 瑤牋 / 瑶笺
* 瑤琴 / 瑶琴
* 瑤環瑜珥 / 瑶环瑜珥 (yáo huán yú ěr)
* 瑤箋 / 瑶笺
* 瑤籤 / 瑶签
* 瑤緘 / 瑶缄
* 瑤臺 / 瑶台
* 瑤臺瓊室 / 瑶台琼室
* 瑤臺銀闕 / 瑶台银阙
* 瑤臺鏡 / 瑶台镜
* 瑤英 / 瑶英
* 瑤草 / 瑶草
* 瑤草琪花 / 瑶草琪花
* 瑤華 / 瑶华
* 瑤華浦 / 瑶华浦
* 瑤華音 / 瑶华音
* 瑤觴 / 瑶觞
* 瑤踏 / 瑶踏
* 瑤釵 / 瑶钗
* 瑤階 / 瑶阶
* 瑤章 / 瑶章
* 瓊瑤 / 琼瑶 (qióngyáo)
* 瓊瑤樓閣 / 琼瑶楼阁
* 碧瑤 / 碧瑶 (Bìyáo)
* 紅瑤 / 红瑶 (Hóngyáo)
* 苗瑤語族 / 苗瑶语族
* 陳瑤湖 / 陈瑶湖 (Chényáohú)
* 駕返瑤池 / 驾返瑶池

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 瑶)
* beautiful (as a jewel)

#### Readings

* Go-on: よう (yō)
* Kan-on: よう (yō)
* Kun: たま (tama)

## Korean
### Hanja

瑤 • (yo) (hangeul 요, revised yo, McCune–Reischauer yo, Yale yo)
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#### Compounds

* 요족 (瑤族, yojok)
* 요지 (瑤池, yoji)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

瑤: Hán Việt readings: dao
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#### Compounds

* 瑤池 (dao trì)

#### References

* Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
* Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
* Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999